Xavier University, America's only catholic college for African American youth, in New Orleans, Louisiana. View of run down slum and tenement areas in the city of New Orleans in the 1930s Great Depression time frame. African American citizen moves outside the houses. A woman walks on a street with a bucket. Clothes hang from a string. Children standing on a road. Nuns pray in a church. A sign: 'Xavier' on a building. Exterior of a college building. African American college students seated outside the building read books. They leave the college building. African American man talks as he climbs down the stairs.
Horse-drawn carts in New York City. Many shoppers and pedestrians Herald Square and Macy's Herald Square at 1313 Broadway, at the corner with 34th Street, in Herald Square, Manhattan, New York City. Lucios Pearls jewelers is seen on corner of Macys building.
Mayor of New York Fiorello LaGuardia arrives, escorted by bodyguards and flag bearing honor guard to witness a baseball game of the New York Yankees at Yankee stadium, Bronx New York. Bands march past. Mayor as chief guest accepts the salute. He hoists the U.S. flag before the game. Mayor addressing the press. Mayor La Guardia in his seat talking to New York Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing. Mayor enjoying the game, talking with a photographer. Crowd in stands, including many kids, enjoying the game. The "House of David" barnstorming baseball team performing the "phantom" baseball pre-game drills.
View of a new developments, farm houses and buildings on a new site in West Windsor New Jersey. A new site sign reads 'Mercer County Community College'.
The New York Yankees train at Atlantic City New Jersey for the 1944 baseball season, during World War 2. Yankees players, wearing long sleeves, jog around the infield. Manager Joe McCarthy addresses the club. Players warm up with throwing and batting drills. Outfielder Ed Levy (#9) swings in batting cage. Second baseman Stuffy Sternweiss (#2) takes a swing. Manager McCarthy clowns around with movie camera. Action shifts to New York Giants spring training camp in Lakewood, New Jersey. Catcher Gus Mancuso takes part in camera tricks. Manager and Hall of Fame slugger Mel Ott looks over his squad. Shortshop Billy Jurges hits a ground ball. (Note: Spring training for all Major League Baseball clubs was in the north that year because of travel restrictions during World War II.)
Film starts showing President Franklin D. Roosevelt at a polling place during the 1938 U.S. National Elections. Next, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the President's wife is also seen there with him. Glimpse of an unidentified politician. Another unidentified politician shaking hands with people in a crowd. New York Democratic Governor, Herbert H. Lehman, stands with his wife and family on the occasion of his re-election. Brief closeup of Governor Lehman himself. Scene shifts to the Republican candidate for New York Governor, New York County District Attorney (Manhattan), Thomas E. Dewey, who is being interviewed. (He lost the election to Governor Lehman, but only by 1.4%.) Closeup of Thomas Dewey, smiling. Two unidentified men are seen sitting by a radio. One is recording election results on a tally sheet.
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